Running-board saddle



D. W. HAWKSWORTH.

RUNNING BQOARD SADDLE.

APPLlcATfoN FILED AUG.30,1918.

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DAVID HAWKSW'ORTI-I, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO HUTCI-IINS CAR ROOFING COMPANY, 0F DETROIT7 MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

v Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, 1920.

Original application iiled November 22, 1917, Serial No. 203,317. Patent No. 1,299,939, dated April 8, 1919.

Dvidedand this application led August 30, 1918.5

To ,all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, DAVID W. HAWKS- WORTH, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Running-Board Saddles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to car roofs of that type in which the carlines are arranged above the roofing sheets and form the supports and weather-proofing caps therefor. The present invention has particular reference to the construction of running-board saddle as hereinafter set forth. This application is a division of my prior application Serial No. 203,817, filed Nov. 22, 1917, for car roof, which application resulted in Patent #1,299,939, issued April 8, 1919.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a cross-section through the car;

Fig. 2 is a cross-section through the center of the carline showing the manner of supporting the running board saddle;

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the runningboard saddle; and

Fig. 4 is a plan view thereof.

A are the carlines of inverted U crosssection having laterally-extending flanges at their lower ends, said carlines being arched transversely of the car and having downturped end portions B overlapping the side of the car. C are the roofing sheets arranged beneath the carlines and which are provided at their sides edges with upturned flanges D return-bent and nested, and being arranged within the channel of the carline. E are hanger bolts engaging slotted bearings F within the carlines and passing downward through apertures in the nested flanges D. G are bearing blocks mounted on the hangers E and engaging the nested flanges, andI-I are nuts having threaded en gagement with the lower ends of the hangers and supporting the blocks Gr. The construction as thus far described is similar to roofs heretofore used and when applied to the car body, the downturned portions B of the carlines are bolted to the side plates of the car.

The running-board saddle may be at- Serial No. 251,999.

tached directly to the carline, as the latter is above the roofing sheets. Inasmuch, however, as the carline is of arch form it is necessary either to form the saddle of a similar curvature or to provide other means for the proper bearing. This I have accomplished by forming a saddle of folded sheet metal comprising a top portion Q of greater width than the carline, with the return-bent flanges te and downturned Hannes Q2 which embrace the sides of the carline. The top portion (C, extends in the same plane from end to end of the saddle, but at the center of the ends there is a depressed portion R, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4:, which is curved to lit the upper surface of the carline and suiciently depressed to support the ends of the saddle when its center is resting upon the arch of the carline. The return-bent iianges are provided with a suitable number of apertures S for .the engagement of securing means for the running-boards and the saddle itself is secured to the carline by suitable means, such as the rivets T.

What I claim as my invention, is:

1. In a car roof, the combination with a carline of arch form, of a running-board saddle secured to said carline comprising a flat top portion having downturned flanges for embracing the sides of the carline, and depressed bearings in the fiat top portion at the ends of said saddle for resting upon the carline.

2. In a car roof, the combination with a carline of arch form, of a running-board saddle secured to said carline comprising a fiat top portion of greater width than the carline, return-bent portions beneath said top portion having downturned flanges for embracing the sides of the carline, and depressed bearings in the flat top portion for resting upon the carline.

B. In a car roof, the combination with,a carline, of inverted channel cross-section, of a running-board saddle secured to said carline, comprising a flat top portion of greater width than the carline, return-bent portions beneath said top portion having downturned flanges for embracing the sides of the carline and depressed bearings at the ends of the flat top portion for resting upon the carline.

4. In a car roof, the combination with an arch-shaped carline, of a running-board saddie formed of pressed sheet metal having .a substantially flat top portion of greater Width than the carline, return-bent portions beneath said top portion having dovvnturned flanges for embracing the sides of lthe carline and secured thereto and depressed por-V tions centrally at the ends of said flat top portion forming bearings upon the arch carline for supporting said flat portion in a i0 plane. above the center of the arch.

5. In a car roof, the combination With a carlme of .arch form, of a running board saddle secured to said 4carhne, comprising a fiat top portion of'greater Width than the i carli-ne., and return-bent portions beneath said top portion having dovvnturned ianges 

